CyanogenMod recently announced the initial nightlies of CyanogenMod 13 (CM13), which run on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The newly developed builds are set to roll out to a number of select devices.
Android Police wrote that the nightly builds generally are prone to having more bugs compared to snapshot releases, but these are still very reliable. Plenty of users opt to get the nightlies, despite a few issues, to experience a new OS update at an earlier time. The initial snapshot builds of CM12.1 was featured in September 2015. A stable version of CM13 is expected to become available in January 2016, according to CyanogenMod. Users who are currently using the snapshot version of CM12.1 are advised to wait until 2016 to upgrade to the improved version of CM13. Otherwise, they risk having lower quality. CyanogenMod also mentioned that those who use nightlies can manually flash the update, but users who are using an unofficial CM13 build should go for a full factory reset before proceeding.
CyanogenMod warned that users of CM12.1 YOG4P, as well as CM12.1 YOG7D should not move to nightlies and to stay on the snapshot release in the meantime. The group further discouraged users from upgrading from an unofficial source code that may be available in a number of forums, to avoid compatibility issues. Users of the CM12.1 can “dirty flash” CM13, provided that they also update their third party add-ons in the same pass. For example, users of Xposed or OpenGapps can flash a version which is compatible with Android Marshmallow right after the CM13 flash.
CyanogenMod stated that the CM13 will become available on the OnePlus One, LG G4, Nexus 7 (2013), Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, LG G3 from Verizon, LG GPad 7.0, and Moto X (2014). Willing users can go to the official downloads page to acquire the build. More devices are expected to be added in the list in the following days.
Based on another report by Android Police, CyanogenMod has gone through several changes through the years, but the group still has a lot of ROMs being produced. When the group introduced CM12.1, users were able to run Android 5.1.1, SDK v1 and IMAP idle support. The new stable builds provided more security for bugs. This means that the January 2016 release will continue to address existing issues.
More updates and details on the new nightly build and devices that it will roll out in are expected soon.
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